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WCDT: 2821-2825 (27 - 31 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
ReindeerFlotilla:
Actually, Claire isn't the 1D character. I meant Emily. Or Penelope (rhymes with antelope),Gabbyabby (who?). I don't assume Jeph hasn't got oodles of subsurface complexity for all of the above. But we don't see it.
So the characterization tends to be snark, more snark, snark and violence, snark snark snark baked beans and snark, crippling anxiety, or one trick.
All I'm saying is that if one finds Claire's snark distasteful, how does one deal with the rest of the cast?
Indicible:
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--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 28 Oct 2014, 09:17 ---Yeah well... The world would be a great place if there weren't all those darn people in it.
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You mean... Like France?
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To which the Frenchmen reply: "merde".
Claire is generally mild-mannered. It's just her brother seems to be a bit of a creep (he managed to get Momo angry, remember?) and Faye... Well, she was on her best porcupine behaviour at the time. Claire is young. She has her issues, sure, but she does not explode at the slightest provocation, either.
(I would add that sometimes, family member are not a good measuring stick for relationships. Let's just say my mother and I manage to push our mutual buttons quite regularly, even though I am a rather calm, even cold-blooded fellow in general, according to all the people I work with and those I lived with.)
ReindeerFlotilla:
Agreed, except Claire is only young compared to us old people. She's actually about the same age Marten and Faye were when the strip started.
swapna:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 28 Oct 2014, 12:54 ---All I'm saying is that if one finds Claire's snark distasteful, how does one deal with the rest of the cast?
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At least they're funny? As I said, It's only my personal opinion. There are loads of characters I wouldn't want to be near in real life (Faye! Pintsize! Dora!) but who are actually funny to watch.
ReindeerFlotilla:
I don't see how Claire's snark is any less funny than anyone else's. Sounds to me like you have taken a matter of personal taste and wrapped it up in the trappings of objective observation. There's a difference between "Claire is condescending" and "I don't think Claire is funny." One is an opinion. The other is not.
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